Garment-supporter



IVI. STAHMER.

GARMENT SUFPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.22. I9I9,

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

15 ma M entre i MARY STAB/MER, 0F NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

@Antennen-surname.

To 'all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, MARY STARMER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Newport News, in the county of Warwick and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which vthe following is a specification. rlhe invention relates to garment s up- Iporters designed particularly for use as onequired functions ofa device of this char-` acter.

ln the accompanying drawings l have illustrated two complete examples of the physical embodiment of the invention, one form for juniors and the other form for womens hose supporters, the parts being combined and arranged according to the best modes l have thus far devised vfor the practical application of the principles of the invention, but it will be apparent that the subject matter of the invention may be embodied for use by men, and the adjusting buckle, for instance may be incorporated as an integral part of mens Suspenders.

Figure 1 is a front view of the hose supporter as adapted for junior wear adapted to be supported from a waist belt and pinned, by the forked elastics, to the hose.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional View, with parts exaggerated for convenience of illustration, of the device of Fig. 1.

3 is a rear or back view of the adjuster or pin-buckle.

Fig. 4; is a view showing the invention embodied as a womans hose supporter, a fancy finish being attainedby utilizing a tassel for adjusting the length of the supporters. c

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of Fig. 4.

For purposes of description the junior supporter will first be referred to, which consists of the wide elastic webbing 1 of suitable length, provided at its upper end with the fastening pin 2 carried by the stay Specification of Letters Patent.

j rati-)atea Apr. i9, 1921.

Application' filed November 22, 1919. Serial No. 339,816.

or plate 3, preferably of metal, and to which the piny 2 is fixed at one endand may be hooked or caught at the other end. The pin 2 is the subject matter of a co-pending application for patent iiled by me, and forms no essentially patentable part of the present invention.

No stitches are employed in securing the stay plate 3 to the web or elastic 1, but instead I prefer to clamp the web to the plate, as shown in Fig.2, where the web is threaded through the guide slot 11 in front of the rear integral guide bar 5, and then by a reverse bend 6 at the top of the stay plate the Vupper end of the elastic webbing is firmly and securely clamped to the plate. When attaching the supporter to the waist belt, the pin 2 is slipped through the belt in usual manner and the material of the belt is held between the pin 2 andthe elastic at the rear j ofits locked or clamped joint.

v'lhe lower end of the web 1 is attached in similar. manner to the adjusting buckle 7, but in addition to the webbing 1, the forked tapes 8 and 9 are also clamped to the buckle,

and for this purpose, the forked attaching tapes, which are in actual practice a single piece folded upon itself to form the two tapes 8 and 9, are folded and clamped, at the bend in the tape, in between the folds of the reverse bend l10V formed at the back' and bottom of the buckle 7. The front of the buckle presents a smooth surface that may be ornamented as desired, as may also the plate 3 at the top of the supporter, and the reverse bend 10 is clamped by suitable dies to securely hold the web and forked tape against dislodgment. y

rllhe fold in the tape, it will be understood, is on the bias, and the lower ends of the forks of the tape are also cut on the bias, so that the attaching devices 11 and 12 (each of which includes a pin 13 for insertion into the hose) are alined parallel with the buckle 7, and these. attaching devices 11 and 12 are Aclamped at'lt tothe forked tapes in manplate, is integral with the :Eront'plate of the buckle and is bent down behind it to form a space for the accommodation oi' the U-shape pin, and back of the pin-guiding plate a second plate 19 is provided, preferably integral with the plate 18 and buckle 7, so that the web may be threaded and guided between these two plates, as best seen in F ig. 2.

in Figs. 1 and 2 the web l'is extended its full length and the pin is in fastened position. Now in order to adjust the supporter and shorten the length of the working part of the device, the U-shape pin is grasped by the hand hold 20, which is preferably a metal roll or plate clamped over the wire cross bar of the pin, and the pin withdrawn from the elastic, the plate 18 acting as a push-'olf for the web and allowing the points oil the prongs to be withdrawn, while the lugs 17 and the upper or top wall of the guide-plate 18 prevent the bodily dislocation of the pin. TWiththe pin points withdrawn, the buckle 7 may be slid up on the web, the slack falling downat point S in Fig. 2 back of the buckle and back of the upper' end of the forked tapes 8 and 9, until the desired length of web is attained, after which the pin is pushed downwardly and its points inserted in the web as shown. Y

W hen employed as a support for womens hose the web 1a is preferably sewed to the corset C, and a tassel 21 on the end of the cord 22, which is passed up between the plate 1 8 and the Jfront face of the weband buckle la and attached as at 23 to the web, is used to adjust the device. Thus the buckle is grasped in one hand and a pull on the tassel draws the cord and web downwardly through the lower opening 7b of the buckle until the web 1a is shortened` as required, whereupon the'pin 15a is pushed into place with its points as in Fig. '2.

ln lf ig. 4c an attaching pin isindicated by dotted lines at 24, to pin the buckle to the hose or to a pad on the hose as desired, and this pin may be secured to the guide plate 10 of the buckle in approved manner.

1What l claim is- 1. The combination in a hose supporter with a web and end attaching-means, of a buckle having a fixed guide plate and secured at the lower end of the web, and a U- shaped pin having guide devices slidable between the buckle and plate. l

2. ln a garment supporting device the combination with the web and a slidable buckle secured at it lower end, said buckle having a spaced guide plate, of a U-shape pin slidable between said plate and buckle and adapted to engage the web, and means for limiting the movement or' the pin. v

`3. ln ay garment sup-porting device, the combination with the web, oi a buckle slidable on the web and secured at the lower end thereof, said buckle formed with a guide plate and an adjoining plate to guide the web, a U-shaped pin, slidable between the guide plate and buckle, and means on the pin to engage the guide plate to retain the pin against loss.

4. ln a garment supporting device lthe combination with a web, of a buckle fixed at the end of the web and slidable thereoin'said buckle having a spaced plate and formed with top openings, a lll-shaped pin slidable in the openings oit the buckle having lugs guided between. said buckle and plate.

5. ln a garment supporter the combination with a buckle having a pin guiding plate and a U-shaped pin having lugs between said buckle and plate, a back plate on the buckle and a web passed between said guide plate and back plate, and a reversely bent rear plate on the buckle to which the end of said web is clamped.

MARY STARMER. 

